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Table 4 Comparison of health status, fatigue, and depression between exercise and usual care groups

From: Aerobic and resistance exercise improves physical fitness, bone health, and quality of life in overweight and obese breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial

 

Baseline

Post-intervention

3-month follow-up

Between-group difference post-intervention

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

P valuea

Mean (SD)

P valueb

Mean (95% CI)

P valuec

SF-36 SUBSCORES

Physical functioning

 Exercise

65.3 (9.4)

74.1 (9.5)

0.001

73.9 (8.9)

0.001

9.2 (12.3 to 7.7)

0.001

 Usual care

65.0 (9.7)

64.1 (9.8)

0.77

–

–

Role-physical

 Exercise

68.4 (8.6)

75.7 (9.1)

0.002

74.4 (9.5)

0.003

7.3 (10.9 to 4.8)

0.001

 Usual care

67.9 (9.1)

66.9 (8.7)

0.55

–

–

Bodily pain

 Exercise

50.5 (9.6)

63.3 (11.2)

0.001

62.1 (12.1)

0.001

13.2 (17.2 to 9.6)

0.001

 Usual care

50.8 (10.1)

49.7 (10.3)

0.23

–

–

General health

 Exercise

60.1 (11.7)

67.2 (11.1)

0.002

67.0 (10.5)

0.001

7.1 (11.7 to 4.0)

0.002

 Usual care

59.7 (11.0)

57.6 (10.4)

0.43

–

–

Mental health

 Exercise

69.1 (12.3)

77.7 (12.5)

0.003

75.5 (11.0)

0.001

8.6 (12.9 to 5.7)

0.001

 Usual care

69.7 (12.5)

68.7 (13.0)

0.60

–

–

Role-emotional

 Exercise

70.1 (11.3)

83.7 (12.5)

0.001

82.0 (12.0)

0.001

12.1 (15.6 to 7.3)

0.001

 Usual care

70.2 (11.5)

68.7 (10.4)

0.44

–

–

Social functioning

 Exercise

79.1 (14.3)

87.7 (14.5)

0.001

85.5 (14.0)

0.001

8.6 (14.9 to 5.7)

0.002

 Usual care

79.4 (14.5)

78.7 (12.4)

0.67

–

–

Vitality

 Exercise

49.4 (9.3)

56.8 (9.5)

0.001

55.5 (9.0)

0.001

7.4 (12.9 to 4.3)

0.001

 Usual care

49.2 (9.5)

48.7 (9.4)

0.63

–

–

Physical component summary

 Exercise

66.1 (9.3)

72.7 (10.5)

0.003

72.0 (10.0)

0.001

6.6 (12.3 to 4.1)

0.001

 Usual care

65.8 (9.0)

63.7 (9.4)

0.27

–

–

Mental component summary

 Exercise

67.1 (11.0)

72.7 (12.1)

0.004

72.4 (12.4)

0.001

5.5 (9.6 to 3.3)

0.001

 Usual care

69.2 (11.7)

68.7 (11.4)

0.56

–

–

BFI

 Exercise

7.1 (2.0)

2.9 (1.5)

< 0.001

3.1 (1.9)

0.0001

−4.2 (−6.1 to −2.4)

< 0.001

 Usual care

7.2 (2.1)

7.7 (2.4)

0.30

–

–

CES-D

 Exercise

15.1 (3.3)

9.7 (2.5)

< 0.001

9.5 (3.0)

0.0001

6.6 (11.9 to 3.1)

< 0.001

 Usual care

15.2 (3.5)

16.7 (3.4)

0.11

–

–

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval; Short form-36 Health Status, SF-36; Brief Fatigue Index, BFI; Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression; CES-D
  2. aP value for repeated measures ANOVA comparing changes in the exercise group from baseline to post-intervention, and in the usual care group from baseline to post-intervention
  3. bP value for repeated measures ANOVA comparing changes in the exercise group from baseline to 3-month follow-up
  4. cP value for mixed model analysis comparing changes between the exercise and usual care group from baseline to post-intervention
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Breast Cancer Research

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